Association Profile

The Elwood Park Touch Association (EPTA) has a long history within the Victorian Touch community, and runs Victoria's premier summer Touch competition.   The association is managed by a small volunteer committee and is affiliated with the Victorian Touch Association.

The EPTA summer Men's and Women's competitions boast the highest standard of park level Touch played anywhere in Victoria.   Most Victorian representative players have played in our competition at one stage or another. EPTA representative teams are regular finalists and past premiers of the Victorian Affiliates Cup annual tournament.

 

History

The EPTA competition was originally run at Elsternwick Park, located just a few hundred metres away from our present location. The competition was originally organised by the Victorian Touch Association and for many years (1980's) was the only formal Touch competition running in Melbourne. As part of its policy of expansion, in 1992 the VTA encouraged a small group of players to form the Elsternwick Park Touch Association and oversee the management of the competition. In 1994 the competition moved to its present grounds at Elwood Park and the association was renamed the Elwood Park Touch Association.

Committee

EPTA is managed by a small group of volunteers who administrate the planning and running of the competition. New committee members are always welcome!

The current EPTA committee is:

Craig Coleman	President
Sharon Ryan	Secretary/Treasurer
Bryan Allan	Referee Co-ordinator
Andrew Campbell	Committee Member
Anthony Loughnan	Committee Member
Michael Gillard	Committee Member
David Merrill	Committee Member
Peter Shefford	Committee Member